Speakers of a roundtable in the capital on water-logging in Bhabodah area under Jessore district yesterday demanded immediate solution to the problem by adopting short-term, mid-term and long-term projects, reports BSS. Online news portal Risingbd.com organized the roundtable at its Rajuk Avenue office,…

The High Court yesterday released the full text of its verdict sentencing BNP Senior Vice-chairman Tarique Rahman to seven years’ imprisonment and fining him Tk 20 crore in a money-laundering case after scrapping his acquittal, reports UNB. The 82-page verdict was posted on the Supreme Court website…

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday warned that stern action will be taken if anyone resorts to extortion centring Awami League’s upcoming 20th national council, reports UNB. “The entire expenditure will be borne from the party’s fund following the directives…

Sylhet college student Khadiza Begum Nargis yesterday (Monday) underwent a successful surgery on the right hand. The surgery was carried out to repair the muscle chains of her hand that were cut while she tried to protect herself from machette blows by a leader of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL).…

Nearly five months after the execution of war criminal and its ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has made its senior leader Maqbul…

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will review Bangladesh in Geneva, Switzerland on Nov 8 as to how the convention Dhaka had ratified is being implemented. The Committee is meeting in Geneva from 24 October to 18 November to review women’s rights…

 Calling for a nationwide movement to stall the disputed Rampal project and save the Sundarbans, Prof. Anu Muhammad, member secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, and Power and Port, has said that the battle against the project has to be won. He said the government…

Zahidul Islam, Deputy Commissioner of Chapainawabganj, passed away at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) yesterday at the age of 48. Sources at Rajshahi divisional commissioner's office said Zahidul complained of chest pain around 9:45am. He was attending a meeting at the office at that time,…